Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Lobbying activity
The following activities occurred for this specific Subject Matter Area.
Letter (1)
15th September 2022: Letter from Moya Doherty, Chair, RTÉ to Micheál Martin, Taoiseach (c.c. Minister Catherine Martin).
Subject matter: the need for interim funding for RTÉ pending a sustainable funding model.
Virtual Meeting (1)
16th September 2022: Meeting (online/virtual).
Attendees:
RTÉ: Dee Forbes, Director General; Rory Coveney, Director of Strategy.
Katherine Licken & Triona Quill, Dept of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Purpose of meeting:
To communicate the need for interim funding for RTÉ pending a sustainable funding model.
Virtual Meeting (1)
27th September 2022: Meeting (online/virtual)
Attendees:
RTÉ: Dee Forbes, Director General; Rory Coveney, Director of Strategy; Richard Collins, Director of Finance.
Katherine Licken & Triona Quill, Dept of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Purpose of meeting:
To communicate the need for interim funding for RTÉ pending a sustainable funding model.
Meeting (1)
20th October 2022: Meeting at Department offices.
Attendees:
RTÉ: Dee Forbes, Director General.
Katherine Licken Dept of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Subject of meeting:
RTÉ current and future funding.
Meeting (1)
16th November 2022: Location: RTÉ.
Attendees:
RTÉ: Dee Forbes, Director General; Vivienne Flood, Head of Public Affairs; Rory Coveney, Director of Strategy; Richard Waghorn, Dir. Transformation & Technology; Deirdre McCarthy, MD, News & CA; Jim Jennings, Director Content; Adrian Lynch, Director Audience, Channels & Marketing; Peter Woods, Head of Radio 1; Declan McBennett, Group Head of Sport.
JOC Members: Deputies Niamh Smyth, Fintan Warfield and Malcolm Byrne.
Purpose: To give insight to members of the JOC about the facilities and output of RTÉ and to discuss issues and concerns around licence fee. Members of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media visited RTÉ for a tour of the site (RTÉ facilities, output, plans).
Event / Reception (1)
17th November 2022:
Dee Forbes, Director General, RTÉ,
Minister Catherine Martin, Minister for Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sport and the Gaeltacht.
Informal discussion at RTÉ Folk Awards. Topic: RTÉ current and future funding.
Designated public officials lobbied
The following DPOs were lobbied during this return period on this specific Subject Matter Area. These DPOs were involved in at least one of the Lobbying Activities listed above, but not necessarily all of them. As returns are specific to a Subject Matter Area the above Lobbying Activities may be associated with multiple returns.